_ Meanuhile, Vickers was playing its part in Chile with equal Yigour iPsomewhat les obvious succes. In 1927, when Electric Bont was engaged in building two mubmasines for Pers, the American company was informed by its Chilean representative hat Chile was in the market for wo moder subsia:ines Relations between these two countries were then strained almost fo breaking point over the Tacna-Avies dipiste, and Speas, thiking very wisely that "it would not look ery wel or us tobe sealing with the Chileans atthe suse time we were dealing with ‘he Peruvists” cabled Sir Charles Craven aking him to quote ‘on the busines. The thied and fourth paragraphs of Spears Senimatony Iter 10 the Vskers Chie ate worth eroducing “thes an appoprint tne for me to tl you that sone of ts Bere ave ever met ovr Cian rraentatte ad co Feely we canot fa anyway vouch frist. We All sow, Fowever, tat the seal foundation ofa Sos Anes an bain grata nay wel be tha he knows he pojer People to payin Satiagn Atay rt 1am psn the Cg Along ty fr ach action Jn hk ep ose nein View your own epcate negotiate. Troy shal decide to submlt atender naw fo tro “L? boat, wlth pre: tum fr eatly diver, you vy of couse, ve coro at royalty 25 well nthe 49, onnminion eee toi thecable. On the other han jour dessin sin heat, 3 wll have toe caret nthe fret you shoul our fc fer te pe se ne a so $e our Saigo an might ry well come foward witha Gen ee commin eer “Plae cable me your devon and action so that T can dvs Setings. Tn Goocision T would Ihe wad a Lite Unoidted and perhapr soperfucnsadvze sh thet 1 {ould not be too mat abot the rice and wuld covers Htamdntandalamoune in econ ofthe to above rcbred pe Henig te 9 8. 7 eae ry own experience being that at the last minute somthing (ra sala edad to reat ha ys” ‘A month alter Spear hd complained ofthe “perio fate fefene of ie State Depetment we Bad Craven fbi his ‘American colleague tate ie “tyng to ginger up the Chilean {i ake tes more boats” sod aking hia tfc woul accept the TUnfortunsicly forthe submarine cartel the naval rae Between Peto and Chile did not remit fo wae: Indeed, with Leg improved considerably "The actives of the Merchants of Death elsewhere wee tones atenyhelag cowae itksscen, Hitt eee Bela and Paraguay over te Chaco tenitory broke out i Tats inernitent geen fighting cooing unt 1952, Whe Rfaszed arte logan, To year of warfare between Colombia Stara over the Leia troy alto Bogan in 192 Pavor-Pacno PaRAcHER We stl eadewoar, in he remains of hs capt 1 confine ouslves to a purely facsal acount of the ariament ‘Stapandesscivies i South America om 1528 t0 «054. We Stall bud up an indictment solely on the bass of evidence Ripped by the Governments of Bain and’ Ameriay By a umiion of the League of Nations, and by letters exchanged feencen offi and agente of the cbmpanis faved. AS the ory anol, the reader will nd these companies condemned Out of tide own south, ax hardened. warmongers and ine Ccteate spon. of peace_and trata cl he Spologats for the open of private manufacture constanty sport the aut of these Merchants of Death ae confined {o "extern toa demand which would observe be satisfied by foreign competitor. The reader wil judge for himsel how five‘and tery exaive all guch steps at jutifieation are proved fo be in the ight of the plan, umvarished ft, TP 1 Nye Hein Pry xii 24